1st-quarter concealed-carry permits nearly double

1:42 AM,
May 6, 2013

Fifty shotguns, rifles and handguns lay on the floor of BLOC Ministries in West Price Hill that a were bought during Gifts for Guns buy back initiative. A coalition of ministries and neighborhood groups sponsored the event which bought 50 guns. For each gun brought in the person received $100 gift card to local stores such as Kroger, Target or Wal-Mart.

Written by

Lance Lambert
Cincinnati Enquirer

The number of concealed-carry licenses issued in Ohio has spiked in the first three months of 2013, nearly doubling the amount issued during the same period in 2012.

State data released Wednesday shows 31,407 licenses were issued in the first quarter, up 86.7 percent from the 16,823 issued in the first quarter of 2012. As a result, the state is on pace to double the 64,650 licenses issued in 2012.

"It is a dramatic increase in permits, we are close to half of what we had all of last year with only one quarter gone this year, a stunning increase," said Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine. ...